Several genetic mutations lead to variable immune defects of humoral and cell-mediated immunity (table 1) [1-3]. Combined immunodeficiency syndromes are somewhat arbitrarily distinguished from severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in that they do not characteristically lead to death from overwhelming infection in the first year of life. In addition, combined immunodeficiency syndromes frequently have associated clinical features.

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